Improvement in cheese-frames



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABNER C. AIN GER AND SAMUEL W. WEBSTER, OF STOOKHOLM, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORTO SAMUEL W. WEBSTER.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHEESE-FRAMES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 37,140, dated December9, 1862.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known th at we, ABNER C. AINGER, and SAMUEL W. WEBSTER, both ofStockholm, in the county of St. Lawrence and State of New York, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Frames for Storing andTurning Oheeses; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full andexact description of the same, reference being had to the ac companyingdrawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is afront view of our improved cheese-frame. Fig. 2 is a vertical transversesection of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of theback thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalviews.

The subject of the said invention is a pivoted frame of shelves, adaptedfor the storing of cheeses in such a manner that they may be exposed toa free circulation of air, and may be turned, rubbed, greased, andreceive all other necessary attention. with great case, convenience, andthoroughness, Without the necessity of lifting the cheese by hand fromthe time they are first placed on the shelves till ready for market.

The invention consists in certain devices and arrangements whereby, themanipulation of the apparatus is made more easy and convenient than withthose previously in use, and the cheese preserved from injury whilebeing turned.

To enable others skilled in the art to which our invention appertains,to fully understand and make use of the same, we will proceed todescribe its construction and operation.

A stationary frame is formed of two uprights, a a, mounted on feet aattached to the ends of a horizontal bar, b, and having a revolvin gframe fitted and suspended within it by pivots o c. The pivoted frame isformed of two side strips, d d, connected at top and bottom byhorizontal strips e e. Between the two side strips, d d, shelves f areplaced, the ends of said .shelves being fitted in grooves g made in theinner sides of the sides trips, d d, the shelves being capable of beingreadily inserted and withdrawn from their grooves. To one side of theframe B a back is attached. This back is formed by attachin g slats 7Lto battens which are secured to the pivoted frame by plates or tonguesi, taking into spring-latches j. The slats h are equal in width to thespaces between the shelves. To one side of the re volvin g or reversibleframe there are two pins, k lo, attached as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The device is used as follows: The cheeses are taken from the press andlaid on the shelves f, every alternate shelf being used, and the shelfdirectly over each row of cheeses removed. The sides and tops of thecheeses are then greased, the she1ves that were removed replaced, andthe pivoted frame reversed or inverted, and the upper shelves, whichwere the lower ones at the previous position of the frame, removed, andthe oppo site sides of the cheeses are greased. The cheeses, when placedin the pivoted frame, are so adjusted as to balance it, and the pins 70k prevent the frame B being turned in the wrong direction, and aspring-bolt, l, engaging with a notched plate, m, or m, on the sideholds the pivoted frame in a vertical position. The back h iprevents thecheeses falling out when the frame is turned. Any number of frames maybe used, according to the number of cheeses to be operated upon, but oneback and one set of extra shelves being required and the cheeses do notrequire to be moved from the shelves until they are ready for market.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim therein as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The removable back h i, constructed as described and employed inconnection with the pivoted frame d e f, in manner substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

The above specification of our improvement in cheeseframes signed by usin presence of tho subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL W. WEBSTER. A. C. AINGER. Witnesses as to Samuel W. Webster:

LEWIS W. BENDR, OCTAVIS KNIGHT. Witnesses as to Abner (J. Ainger:

P. ABBOTT, D. D. Esrns,

